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there to protest the war in the middle east. now, some of the demonstrators, as julie mentioned, holding. signs that read jews say cease fire. now this action all part of a national week of jewish led protests calling for a cease fire. this also comes as president biden is headed to the bay area for the apex summit, scheduled to arrive here tomorrow. now, the group says this is the first mass jewish sit in on the west coast, mirroring similar actions at grand central station in new york and the israeli consulate in chicago. we have seen federal officers on site against skyfox giving us this live picture out there. we also have a crew on the way. we'll continue to monitor this situation for you and bring you the latest developments. >> all right. now to more breaking news in the east bay. firefighters in oakland have contained four vegetation fires that affected traffic tonight on highway 13. those fires started between holy names college to the joaquin miller road exit this afternoon. firefighters say those fires stretched about a mile and a half. no structures
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were threatened. the fires prompted a three alarm response from the oakland fire department. the activity shut down the northbound lanes of highway 13 as rush hour was about to get underway. we are continue to monitor this developing story and we'll let you know more when we get it. >> well, the federal trial for david depape, the man accused of hitting paul pelosi in the head with that hammer a year ago, is underway. ktvu is christian captain was inside the courtroom today as the victim in the case took the stand to testify. christian >> yeah, that's exactly right. paul pelosi took the stand today for the first time in public to describe the attack that left him hospitalized for more than a week. david depape is on trial in federal court accused of attacking paul pelosi. prosecutors say depape smashed pelosi in the head with a hammer inside the victim's san francisco home in the early morning hours of october 28th, 2022. paul pelosi is the husband of former house speaker nancy pelosi. paul pelosi took the stand and described waking up with depape in his home, saying,
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quote, the door opened and a very large man came in with a hammer in one hand and ties in the other hand and said, where's nancy on the stand? pelosi said he managed to call 911, but because depape was right next to him, he couldn't speak candidly. he says when police got to his home, he'd managed to get to pap downstairs. when the police showed up, he said he opened the door and that depape still had the hammer in his hand. quote, i turned and tried to put my hand on the hammer. he pushed it aside and whacked me on the head and arm. pelosi was hospitalized for more than a week and says he hasn't discussed the assault with anyone but the authorities. the defense did not cross-examine pelosi. also in court today, prosecutors played the tape of the defendant when he called ktvu amber lee in january of this year. >> i want to apologize to everyone. i messed up. what i did was really bad. i'm so sorry. >> i couldn't get more of them. >> it's my own fault. no one else is to blame. i should have
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done better. prepared. >> federal trial got underway last week. he's on trial facing two federal charges of attempted kidnaping of a federal official and assault of a family member of a federal official. if convicted, he's facing life imprisonment in federal prison. the judge expects the trial to be in. theury's hands by wednesday. to wrap up later on this week. depape. also faces attempted murder and assault trial in san francisco. superior court. we are live in san francisco. christien kafton ktvu fox two news. >> hey, christian, how is paul pelosi on the stand? did he seem nervous at all? calm >> you know, interesting you should mention that, mike, he did not seem nervous at all. he was very calm. he occasionally made some jokes. it was very interesting because as far as i know, this is the first time those two men have seen one another with david depape sitting in the defendant's chair and paul pelosi on the witness stand. this would be the first
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time that they've seen each other since that night. neither man seemed to acknowledge one another. they didn't seem to look at one another. the best way i can describe depape in the courtroom was he was an attentive defendant. he would follow along with what his attorneys were doing and he would look at the witnesses on the stand. but as for as for paul pelosi on the stand, he said that he's nearly recovered from his injuries. it's been about a year. and he says he feels like he's almost back to his old self. >> and one for the road was his wife. there was nancy pelosi in the courtroom today? no nancy pelosi, not in the courtroom today. >> that was one of the issues that had come up was whether or not he'd had protection at the time. and he said that night because then speaker pelosi was not in town, there was not a detail protecting the house, got it. and she was not in court today. >> christien kafton live tonight in san francisco. christine, appreciate it. thank you. an update now to the shooting death
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of a woman in san leandro over the weekend in oakland. man identified as 48 year old samuel langworthy has been arrested on suspicion of murder. police say he was taken into custody by chp officers after his vehicle was spotted on interstate five near coalinga. officers say langworthy shot and killed the victim, who is the adult daughter of his partner. during an argument outside chili's restaurant at bayfair center saturday night. he is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. >> san francisco police are investigating the robbery of a foreign news crew covering the apec summit. it happened just before 5:00 last night in the area of broadway and lumbus avenue. the journalists are from the czech republic public levision station. they told police that a vehicle stopped on the street andhree armed men got out and approached them. the suspectsemanded their production equipment and the victims complied. the suspects got back into their car and then drove away. the news crew posted a tweet about the incident. it says, quote, thank you very much for the support we received in ct news. we will keep shooting.
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we are here for the us presidents summit with the chinese leader and will be there as always for ct. rt our efforts are essential to the strength of our economies. >> the prosperity of our peoples and the future of the global economy. we, the united states finance chief taking center stage today at the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in san francisco. >> janet yellen urging finance ministers to forge a path to resilience and sustain ability. and we have live team coverage. with the apec summit now underway. hey, our henry lee has been in the city checking in the businesses in and around the security perimeter. but we begin with our political reporter, greg lee, who has the latest on today's developments. >> welcome to the 30th annual finance ministers meeting us treasury secretary janet yellen welcomed representatives from apec's member economies to the moscone center, the large gathering coming after her bilateral meetings with counterparts from australia,
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indonesia, mexico and china. the actions we take matter not only for our own economies and people, but also for addressing the global challenges the world faces. >> the apec region is expected to grow around 3.3% for the whole year, but there are some downside risks ahead of the finance ministers meeting. >> apec released a report showing regional trends and the challenges ahead. among them, stubborn inflation, climate change, geo political tensions and the ongoing recovery from the pandemic. >> we have global problems. therefore, we need global solutions and that's the key. i mean, the multilateral coordination, one of the major issues on the agenda, demographic shifts across the region with the population getting older and birth rates falling over the long term. we have an aging population, which means that we need to have a higher expenditure on health care, pensions, social security costs. also there's a shrinking
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workforce. >> much of the focus remains on the meeting of two global superpowers. when president biden meets with chinese president xi jinping on wednesday, apec leaders say a stable economic relationship between the two countries is a win win for the region. >> the latest numbers have been. about $758 billion of trade in goods and services right. and this is the highest level of trading history between us and china. >> the apec leaders say they try to put geopolitical issues aside while navigating economic partnerships, but the wars in israel and ukraine making that increasingly difficult. secretary yellen outlined the finance ministers goals in hopes of finding consensus as we need to further improve our long term economic outlook by boosting labor supply, by innovation and infra structure. >> investment in ways that are also sustainable and reduce inequality.
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>> certainly all lies on that meeting between president biden and president xi on wednesday, but also this afternoon, the white house announced that on friday, president biden will meet with mexico's president obrador in another key meeting for the united states. >> julie and greg, just getting in and out of the city, you're in inside moscone center. how was it getting around? i know a lot of people are asking questions and concerned about the security and like the traffic in and around city streets. >> yeah, julie, i can tell you from our perspective, we got here pretty early this morning to get into sort of this six block exclusion square that is all fenced off with security. we understand tomorrow things will get increasingly more difficult as they shut down a lane on each direction of the bay bridge. in addition to more security as we start to see those leaders start to arrive in the city today, pretty seamless. but again, we're going to see activity start to pick up not only around the city, but here in the international press center where we're located. >> all right. and we are staying on top of it all week long as the international spotlight is
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on san francisco this week. greg, thank you. >> a group of hotel workers in san francisco went on strike today to protest employee cafeteria meals they say are making them sick. the workers at bay hotel right near civic center plan their strike this week with the apec summit there. union says that the hotel laid off its cooks and has been outsourcing cafeteria meals. the union says the food sits out for hours and some workers have suffered from food poisoning. bay is a chinese state owned hotel and is part of the wyndham trademark collection. ktvu has reached out to wyndham for comment but have not yet heard back. tonight, there is some mixed reaction from businesses about apec. ktvu's henry lee continues our team coverage after spending the day talking to merchants in the city. all right, henry, what are they telling you? >> well, mike, they're blowing hot and cold. some businesses are welcoming apec with open arms and others not so much. there's heavy security. these days in san francisco's south of market, sfpd. at street corners, chp officers roaming the roads and tall fences ringing moscone
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center. the apex summit has come to town and some businesses in the area are all for it. but overall, we're pro apec. >> we want we are very pleased that it's happening this week. >> ronaldo geslani, a store manager at coal hardware at fourth and jesse, just a stone's throw away from moscone center, the store's smack dab inside a security perimeter. so geslani hopes that won't deter people. >> it's hard to determine if somebody's like a regular customer of ours will go through the hassle of going through the security checkpoint just to get that one light bulb. >> dexter lee owns massage envy. he says despite the fences going up over the weekend, business at the spa has been doing well. >> optimistic. but you know, we'll see. >> although he's grateful for the apec attendees who've stopped by, he would still prefer locals. well you know, our our model is based on members memberships, you know, so visitors won't. tony soofi, a supervisor at denny's, says he doesn't believe his business will be affected. >> we are not worried because the online order and then everything from doordash and like uber. so a lot of things then come, he says.
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>> there's also one big plus because of the fence. everybody will be vetted. >> it's really good because everybody is checked here and over there, so there is a lot of security. >> definitely. we get less customers. i'm not excited about it because it's a hassle for everyone. jose garcia is general manager of the lemonade restaurant near the metreon. >> he says apec is an epic headache, especially going through security to come to work and not getting enough orders to fulfill because of these fences. garcia and others say for now it's wait and see. >> i think it's the first year and people is getting scared so they don't know. they don't know what to expect. like everything changes every day. i'm kind of hoping still my engineers in the area and things like that will still come in because they probably still need to service their guests for that particular week. >> but we don't know. so no matter if they're for or against apec, these businesses tell me they will try to serve their customers to the best of their ability, despite the security
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restrictions. >> live in san francisco, henry lee, ktvu fox two news. >> all right, henry, thank you. >> a bay area dance troupe surprised onlookers today in san francisco with a performance on the side of the trans america pyramid building. members of bandaloop, a west oakland based vertical dance company, skillfully rappelled up and down the city's second tallest building, san francisco police confirmed that the performance was permitted, but have not said if it was in connection with apec. bandaloop has performed on other buildings around the world, including a recent performance on saint paul's cathedral in london and we have what you need to know about apec on our website, including an interactive map of areas that will be impacted and all of the security checkpoints. you can find everything at ktvu .com. >> standing up against hatred. still ahead, we are in berkeley today for the start of united against hate week. >> and a little cooler across the bay area today. in addition to more cloud cover. this ahead
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using this evening, giving you a look there as we take a view from ktvu across the estuary towards the san francisco, all those clouds helping to provide us with a beautiful golden hue in the sky right now, tonight into tomorrow morning, the scattered showers are expected to arrive. here's a look at storm tracker two where we do have that southerly flow now in place. it is going to be an off and on situation for several
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days. and it has to do with the system that is parked here. here's the center of the storm, several hundred miles off the coastline by about 5 or 500 miles, miles or so. it is going to move ever so slightly south and then cross over southern california. right now, it looks like on san saturday. so between now and then, we will continue with just a moisture that pumps into the bay area on and off. light rain expected starting tomorrow morning. right now, the winds are light across the bay area, nevada reporting six miles per hour. oakland reporting ten coming in from the west. and in our hills, anywhere from 5 to 15mph reported for our north bay hills, as well as our east bay hills and the santa cruz mountains. temperatures begin to cool just a little bit today, down by five degrees right now in santa rosa, down by four at sfo, down by two. san jose as well as livermore. livermore, you're checking in right about 65 low 60s in oakland, 58 degrees right now in san francisco. so a view here of the
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future cast into tomorrow morning. we do expect scattered showers in time for the morning commute and then it kind of hangs around during the morning hours and then pushes north. and right now, the rest of tuesday looks like it's going to be dry, but again, we have more to come, a better look at what we can expect for the rest of the week, including your weekend coming up. >> rosemary, thank you. well, storm preps have been underway today. officials with the city of san jose and the valley water district are telling residents to be ready. ktvu is an reuben joins us now live from downtown san jose where crews have been putting in extra hours today and yeah, the race is on to trim trees and clear debris before the storm gets here. >> crews know which areas are prone to flooding like this one, and they are getting special attention. >> all this debris needs to come up before the rain comes down. and so city workers are out in force in san jose shoveling leaves and clearing catch basins. >> if this doesn't get done,
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it's going to flood here and we don't want it to flood here with an atmosphere river on the way and an el nino winter on the horizon, flooding is top of mind here. >> and so in addition to small projects, there are big ones, too. officials don't want a repeat of 2017 when the coyote creek came out of its banks and into neighborhoods. >> woods what we're doing here is installing flood walls along coyote creek, 6000 linear feet of flood wall is going up. >> but officials with valley water and the city of san jose say it's their joint emergency action plan devised since the big flood that offers the biggest protections. >> we are tracking together. we have a coordinated response. we are prepared to respond as one team, which is a very happy change from where we have been. still, authorities say they can only do so much without help from the public. >> they're asking residents to clear their own leaves when they can. >> if you know that you live in a hot zone, we want to make sure that you are prepared, that you have, you know, the sandbag locations are and you know what
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to do. >> and they say if the rain starts falling and you see a drain start clogging, be sure to let the city know. >> so we get all the routes out, all the debris out, all the leaves out, and we take care of business out here. >> last year during the wet weather, crews handled about 1000 sand clay drains and 20 potholes each day and also about 1000 downed trees. >> they say if you see any problems to make sure that you call the city at 311. julie yeah , it looks like it's going to be rainy on and off all week long, so we'll all have to kind of be ready for that. >> anne rubin reporting live in the south bay. and thank you. >> the oakland fire department has a new chief mayor, shengtao today administered the oath of office to fire chief damon covington. he had been serving as interim chief since june following the retirement of chief reginald freeman. chief covington has spent 24 years with offd, and today he thanked mayor tor the city administrator and city council for appointing him to the post. >> thank you guys for entrust me
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with a huge opportunity. for 500 members of the oakland fire department and 400,000 members of the city of oakland. and you've made the right choice. because i'm a person who's compassionate, who cares and who loves oakland. prior to being named chief, covington has served in various positions with the oakland fire department, including firefighter, paramedic, fire engineer and deputy chief. >> tonight, flags are at half staff outside fire stations in contra costa county. it is in remembrance of firefighter john martinez, who died sunday after a year long battle with cancer. >> the flag shown here is outside station number two in pleasant hill. officials say martinez was diagnosed with occupational related cancer last year. he died yesterday morning with his family by his side. martinez joined the confiar family back in 2017. he was an army veteran serving five and a half years with tours in iraq and afghanistan. he leaves
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behind his father, wife and two young children. the oakland unified school district is handing out covid test kits in preparation for thanksgiving and winter breaks. >> students and staff are encouraged to follow the california department of public health guidelines, which recommends testing if they show symptoms or have been exposed to the virus. the district says each kid contains two tests. the district also says students and staff can obtain mass at schools and offices throughout the district. >> the life expectancy gap between men and women in the us widened during the covid 19 pandemic, according to new data from the cdc. the life expectancy for women in 2021 was 79.3 years, compared with 73.5 years for men. that's a gap of 5.8 years, the largest since 1996. researchers have been attributing the difference to higher rates in unintentional injuries diabetes, suicide, homicide and heart disease, followed by additional factors such as covid 19 and the drug overdose epidemic in recent
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years. >> donald trump jr back in court and on the witness stand, what he has to say could tip the balance for his family's business. i'm eric shawn in new york. and i'll have that story coming up. >> and tonight at six, a north bay woman bought thousands of dollars in target gift cards to send to victims of the maui wildfire, only for those cards to get declined. why authorities say they believe s we are gro
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has been arrested on sexual assault charges. 53 year old william palmer was arrested last week. police say the charges stem from an assault reported in september, where palmer served 31 years in prison for a botched robbery he carried out when he was 17. he was released from prison in 2019 after the california supreme court ruled the sentence. he served for a crime he committed as a juvenile, was constitutional, excessive punishment. palmer has since been an outspoken activist for social justice reform. san francisco board of supervisor president aaron peskin told ktvu that he submitted a letter to palmer in jail last week calling for the immediate resignation from the oversight board. well former president trump's defense team began laying out its case today in his new york civil fraud trial. fox news eric shawn tells us donald trump junior was back on the stand, but this time in his own defense and with the fate of the trump business empire at stake.
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>> lawyers for former president donald trump began calling defense witnesses today in the civil fraud trial in new york city. first on the stand, trump's eldest son, don jr crime family at stake. the fate of the trump business empire. the lawsuit accuses trump and his two adult sons, eric and donald jr of inflating the value of trump properties to secure more favorable rates from banks and insurers. they deny any wrongdoing. while on the stand, don jr called his father an artist, praising his real estate canvas as his attorneys launched their defense. >> they have nothing as it relates to a case other than, i guess, an overzealous attorney general who would destroy all of new york business by going after transactions where there are no victims. >> prosecutors led by new york attorney general letitia james, rested their case last week. they are seeking $250 million in fines and want to bar the trump family from doing any business in the state of new york.
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>> this case is about fraudulent statements of financial condition. >> this is a bench trial. it is up to the judge and not a jury to decide the case. trump and his legal team say they intend to file for a mistrial, accusing the judge of being biased against the former president. outside of court, some sad news. president trump's oldest sister, maryanne trump. barry died at the age of 86. she was a former federal judge in new york. eric shawn fox news. >> as you reported, maryanne trump barry, the older sister of the former president, did die. she was a former federal judge who served as both trump's protector and critic throughout their lives. she died at her home in the upper east side of manhattan. the cause of death was not provided. she was 86 years old, reported hate crimes in california are at their highest level since 2001. >> coming up after the break, how berkeley is standing up against such hatred. >> israeli forces trading fire with hezbollah near the lebanon israel border while battles around hospitals in gaza are
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watching the counter with a bag which is later filled with cash by the store clerk. the robbery happened around 930 last night at the 7-eleven on magazine street, vallejo. police say they are now investigating. we have an update on the man accused of
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attacking a pedestrian in union square last, last year. a jury today cleared ezra sutton of charges and released him from custody after more than 500 days behind bars. the jury says sutton, who was homeless, acted in self defense when he hit a pedestrian. sutton said repeatedly he repeatedly threatened by a man while he was sleeping. san francisco's public defender's office said early reports on the incident lacked important context. sutton has a long history with law enforcement, including three felony strikes on his record from before that incident. >> san rafael police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured. it happened around 11 last night on novato street near kerner in the canal neighborhood. police say the male victim was shot in the leg and that his injury is considered non-life threatening. investigators found multiple bullet casings at the scene. witnesses say the suspects may have been shouting something related to gang activity from a car prior to the shooting. no arrests have been made. well, this week, with many world and economic leaders gathering in the bay area for apec, the
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specter of hate remains on the radar of ktvu. >> tom vacar attended an anti hate rally and reports now from berkeley. >> united against hate week began in berkeley six years ago after white supremacy first rallied in san francisco in berkeley in 2017. since then, related anti hate groups have sprung up in hundreds of california cities and now across the nation. and the hate just keeps on coming. >> reported hate crimes in california are at their highest level since 2001. they jumped more than 20% from 2021 to 2022. >> hate crimes in berkeley, for example, doubled since the pandemic, especially targeting our aapi community. >> sooner or later, any minority group can and will be repeated targets. >> it's so important now more than ever, with the rise of islamophobia and anti-semitism and other hate crimes happening throughout our country. >> nonprofit oakland, based not in our town, uses video, new
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media and organized ing to stop hate and bullying to build all inclusive communities. >> we are so honored to partner with california versus hate with la versus hate and to see that our state is developing the kind of policies we need to really make a difference. >> i got involved with not in our town as a hate crime, touched our community in the sick at the sikh temple of wisconsin in oak creek, seven people were murdered, including my father and temple president. and you can't fight hate without widespread organization. >> we are proud to serve los angeles county and pioneer a new way to serve and protect its residents outside of law enforcement. >> and i want to thank the california civil rights department for standing with us, for standing with the community and for standing against hate. >> the fact that there are agencies and organizations to report hate to and get some action is good, but until we get a true hand on social media and all the hate, it spreads, this
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may be something we cannot resolve. a council on foreign relations study in 2015 showed that online hate speech is linked to global increases in violence against minorities, including mass shootings, lynchings and ethnic cleansing. >> there is no place for that. there's no place for that in berkeley. there's no place for that in california. there's really no place for that in this world. >> and get this, americans far and away lead the world in agreeing that people should be able to make public statements that are often offensive to minority groups. tom vacar ktvu fox two news. >> a foundation formed after the 2022 mass shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, is expand now to santa rosa schools. uvalde foundation for kids nonviolence advocacy organization was formed to help end school violence as part of its work. it created stop now patrols the program, sends trained volunteers to schools as a presence to minimize violent
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incidents on campus. the volunteers are trained in situations, awareness and basic intervention techniques. that announcement of the program comes after a violent year for santa rosa schools, including the fatal stabbing of a 16 year old at montgomery high school, a 15 year old was arrested in the killing overseas. >> health officials say battles between israel and hamas in and around hospitals forced thousands of palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in gaza. critically wounded patients, including newborns and their caregivers, have been stranded. officials say, with dwindling supplies and no power. as fox's alex hogan reports, fighting has also picked up in northern israel. >> the fighting escalating along the israel-lebanon border. israeli defense forces say fighter jets struck a number of hezbollah weapons compounds and military infrastructure on monday. it comes after one of the most violent days there since the start of the war. hezbollah militants launching
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missiles over the weekend, killing one israeli and injuring several others. >> what hezbollah really has and where the where they would have something of an advantage is the 130,000 rockets and missiles that have a greater range, more precision and more lethality than what hamas has back in the gaza strip. >> israeli airstrikes are supporting ground troops operating in northern gaza. thousands of palestinians are fleeing to shelters in the region as fighting ramps up around hospitals, which israel says are hamas stronghold. >> as it is, hamas that has embedded itself itself under the hospital with floors and floors and floors of weaponry. it's essentially a terrorist base under the hospital, says the world health organization says electricity has been out for days at the al-shifa hospital, israel says that hamas refused its fuel deliveries to that facility over the weekend, something that hamas denies. >> the un agency for palestinian refugees warns without more aid, the group will no longer be able
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to resupply hospitals or provide drinking water. >> 50 or 60 or 70 trucks per day . today, with that level of destruction compared to 500 trucks before the war, is really very little. >> while israel says that its forces will help evacuate babies from al-shifa. but the hospital says that has not happened yet in northern israel. alex hogan, fox news. >> the pentagon has taken more retaliatory measures, military measures against iranian backed militia groups in syria. and for the first time the us has killed iranian proxies. us warplanes hit two facilities in eastern syria yesterday. both are associated with the iranian revolutionary guard, according to the pentagon. one location was a training facility that also served as a weapons storage facility. the second was a safe house, which functioned as headquarters for iranian backed militia groups up to seven iranian backed fighters were killed and a number of weapons
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destroyed. this is the third time in two weeks that the us has retaliated against militant groups who have used drone and rocket attacks on us troops based in iraq and syria. more than 50 us personnel have been injured in those attacks. >> the honeymoon for house speaker mike johnson is over now. >> he races against the clock to avert a government shutdown down. i'm chad pergram on capitol hill. more on that story coming up. >> plus, new information on san jose's street cleanup program that officials say is proving to be successful
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it is unclear whether the new speaker will be able to help congress get through the gridlock. >> fox news chad pergram has the latest. the new house speaker, mike johnson, facing his first test. >> the mission, avoiding a government shutdown by saturday. >> i think that indicates the honeymoon might be shorter than we thought. an and every time the cr expires, the speaker is putting his head in the lion's mouth. >> the louisiana republican proposed a two step spending measure that would renew all funding at the current rate, but set different dates to fund all agencies and programs at new levels in mid-january and early february. well, i think, you know, the speaker's plan to break it up and then extend it past december is just that, trying to make sure that that we don't get a we don't get jammed
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by a huge, you know, omnibus bill just before the christmas break. >> and everybody's trying to get out and then just pass something. >> some republicans like chip roy, marjorie taylor greene, warren davidson and bob good are already opposing the band aid program. johnson ignored a question from fox about whether he would need democratic help to pass the bill. the spending scramble comes as moody's downgraded the fiscal outlook of the government from stable to negative. >> you've got very accommodative fiscal policy. we just ran a historically large deficit last year. >> johnson is pushing the same type of bill, which ultimately cost former speaker kevin mccarthy his job. this serves as a test of whether mccarthy's dismissal was over policy or was personal on capitol hill. chad pergram, fox news. >> for the first time, the us supreme court today adopted a code of ethics that changes come as the high court faced criticism of some justices taking undisclosed trips and accepting gifts from wealthy donors. the expectations of
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conduct include avoiding impropriety and the appearance of impropriety. in a statement, the justices said that the new code represents principles they have long adhered to, and it sought to dispel any misunderstood findings that the court operated unbound by ethics rules, closed indefinitely. >> coming up, a fire causes the major closure of a very busy stretch of interstate ten in los angeles. and now it turns out the fire was not an accident. >> also ahead tonight, uber rolling out new safety measures. but these aren't for riders. they are for drivers hours and i am tracking what changes that are expected to last for several days. >> i'll have a k at wha
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star gardens, gun buyback. >> that's right. it's scheduled to actually take place saturday from noon until 4:00 in the afternoon at mount zion missionary baptist church, located just east of 880. you can turn in a gun, no questions asked. those surrendering firearms can receive a gift card up to $300 and a garden tool surrendered. guns will be turned into garden tools. authorities in oakland are reminding people to use safe exchange zones when picking up online purchases. the two brightly lit zones are located outside the oakland police department on seventh street. police say they're under 24 hour video surveillance and intended to provide a safe meeting spot at the oakland police department. posted about the zones on social media yesterday. >> san jose street cleanup
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program is winning the praise of city leaders beautify sj is tasked with tackling blight from illegal dumping, graffiti, trash and homeless encampments. according to a report coming for before the city council tomorrow. the program removed 9.5 million pounds of trash over the last fiscal year. that is a 19% increase from the year prior. and the number of people assisting with the trash pickup grew about 300% compared to last year. >> we now know arson is the cause of a large fire that indefinitely shut down part of interstate ten inches los angeles. the massive fire at a storage yard started over the weekend, damaging one of la's busiest interchanges. engineers are still assessing the damage and federal officials say they're ready to provide all the resources necessary to get this section of interstate back up and running. governor newsom in los angeles, mayor karen bass said the fire was set intentionally, but no other information was available. while this fire occurred within in the fence line of the facility you
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see behind me that it was arson and that it was done and set intentionally that determined portion of who is responsible is an investigation that is ongoing . governor newsom has declared a state of emergency. officials say an average of 300,000 people drive that stretch of interstate every day. >> well, uber has announced a series of changes aimed at protecting its drivers and couriers to help make the system safer. and more fair for them. those changes include a tool to verify riders as uber eats couriers can also get clearer directions for food, drop off locations. the company says it's also being more transparent when its drivers or couriers account has been deactivated. >> and all roads into grindavik iceland remain closed today due to the damage from earthquakes, leaving them impassable. more than 4000 quakes have struck the region over the past couple of days. scientists say they believe a large pocket of magma has risen below the town, threatening to flood the coastal town with molten rock. residents
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were asked to evacuate on friday as there is now an increased risk of a volcanic eruption. well take a look. >> we have been hearing about them and now here they are a dozen laser beams lighting up the nighttime sky in san francisco during this week's apec summit. you can see those purple lights just shining over market street. dramatic view. they're really pretty. the light show is debuting tonight. so this is the first time we're getting a real look at those laser beams in action. the nonprofit group behind this is the same organization behind the rainbow colored lights for pride and the lights that once lit up the bay bridge. and it's such a beautiful, clear picture right now. but our weather, when we talk about the weather, things are about to change. rain is on the way. let's check back in now with our meteorologist rosemary orozco for a look at what to expect rosemary. >> yes, julie, so we're dry for now, but you're right, that rain is all ready on its way, giving you that. look at the san francisco skyline and it's still hard to believe that, you know, sets about 5:00 and, well, we're
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already dark and it's only 550 in the do we call it afternoon or evening at this point, i guess we call it evening. here's a look at storm tracker two. there's a look at the center of the storm that is going to remain offshore for 500 miles offshore and so that's why it's really hard to pin down exactly how much rainfall we're going to receive. and the timing on it. we do know it's going to hang around for at least a few days. right now, it looks like all the way into saturday before it moves across california. expected to shift a little bit farther south and then move over southern california. when it does, here's a look at the rainfall forecast. the latest models have literally cut in half the amount expected. 1 to 2in now for areas along the coastal range in san francisco. and then the farther you go inland and perhaps those rain shadow areas, only seeing half inch to an inch of rain and the futurecast model does a good idea. it gives you a good idea as to why we're not expecting a whole lot in the way of accumulation, even tomorrow
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morning. we do expect to have scattered showers on the morning drive. and then as we get into the second part of the morning, notice how it lifts and we are dry pretty much for the rest of the day assuming this comes into fruition. so scattered showers tuesday morning followed by dry conditions tuesday evening. but then more rain expected on wednesday, thursday, friday, just on and off. here's a broader view of what we can expect. and notice the timestamp just rolling through and the center of that storm takes all the way until saturday afternoon before it finally begins to move across southern california. so between now and then, we're calling for scattered showers just on and off. pull out the rain gear. keep it handy for the next several days. here's a look at the temperatures around the bay area right now, upper 50s to mid 60s, 61 in oakland in the north bay, 58 in napa tomorrow afternoon. temperatures are going to be very seasonal and similar to today, 69in san francisco. we'll go low 70s around the bay. upper 60s to low
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70s for the inner east bay. a little cooler in the north bay where we are likely to see a little bit more rain tomorrow and the clouds likely to linger and be just a little bit thicker than the rest of the bay area. your extended forecast calling for that chance for rain wednesday, thursday, friday day with a mix of partly sunny skies and mostly cloudy skies and temperatures on the mild side. upper 60s expected for most all the way into the weekend. right now, sunday looks dry and mild. back to you. >> all right, rosemary, thank you. well, a reminder, reminder right now that you can take part in the annual ktvu tradition that has been going on. now for more than 20 years. it is time for our one warm coat drive. we're looking for new or gently worn coats to help keep bay area families warm and dry this season. and with the weather changing this week, maybe it's a great time to donate. just head to ktvu.com/1 warm coat to find a participate drop off location near you. we also have a qr code near the bottom of your screen that will provide more
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information about this holiday drive. >> all right. if you're planning on traveling for thanksgiving, you will have plenty of company. still ahead, the holiday travel prediction from triple a both on the road and in the air. >> and coming up tonight at six, we told you earlier about the breaking news. protesters taking over the federal building in oakland. we'll have a live report from the scene coming up in just a couple of minutes. and we do have a crew on the ground. and this is video from inside the building. and again, we'll have an update on the situation in just a couple of minutes. coming up on ktvu news at six. also ahead tonight, a north bay woman sends thousands of dollars in gift cards to maui. wildfire victims. when they arrived, those cards set all been depleted. the warning now from authorities over a growing scam involving gift cards
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the agency says more than 55 million americans will travel 50 miles or more during the long thanksgiving weekend. 49 million people will be driving to make this the third busiest thanksgiving travel period since triple a began tracking holiday travelers in 1980. the same report predicts the busiest time on the nation's roadways will be the day before thanksgiving.
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between two in the afternoon and six at night. the transportation security administration anticipates airport security checkpoints nationwide will also be pretty busy. fox news jonathan serrie has more now from atlanta. >> it is kind of crazy how long the lines are getting. >> and there are about to get even longer. the tsa announcing monday. they're expecting this holiday season to be the busiest ever with the covid 19 pandemic squarely in the rear view for most americans. tsa is projecting they'll screen about 30 million passengers between. november 17th and november 28th. so if you're planning to fly on this thanksgiving holiday, you'll need to budget some extra time. and the tsa is preparing for the travel rush amid orchestrator david perkowski writing in a statement, quote, we are ready for the anticipated volumes and are working closely with our airline and airport partners to make sure we are prepared for this busy holiday travel season. the agency says it's aiming for wait times of ten minutes for pre-check lanes and 30 minutes for standard
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screening. but those numbers may creep up simply due to the sheer volume of passengers. with sunday, november 26th, expected to be the busiest air travel day in history. another factor that could complicate plans for the tsa, the threat of a government shutdown. because when our rights are under attack, we will do them over, which would severely impact wait times at airports across the country. last week, screeners held a rally here in atlanta pushing lawmakers to cut a deal. we are not for a government shutdown fund the government and fund the tsa. >> we need congress to actually do their job if they expect federal workers to do their jobs. >> during past shutdowns, we've seen security lines grow as tsa officers called out sick. the union says that could happen again. in atlanta, jonathan serrie, fox news. >> this is ktvu fox two news at six. we are following breaking news in oakland at this hour. >> hundreds of demonstrators
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have converged on the federal building demanding a cease fire in gaza to calling for a cease fire, asking our government officials not to weaponize our grief. the demonstration comes as world political and business leaders are convening in san francisco this week for the apec conference. good evening again, everyone. i'm julie julie haener and i'm mike mibach. >> the protesters are refusing to vacate the oakland federal building until there is a cease fire in gaza. ktvu is joey huerta live tonight for us there at the scene. all right, joey, what are you seeing and what are you hearing there inside the building? >> well, mike, i can barely hear you right now because these protests eaters are getting a little loud here. they just got louder in the last couple of seconds. there chanting for a cease fire. we're told there are hundreds of them that have overtaken the federal building. i'll get out of the way so you can get a closer look here. and we're told that there are o

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